Chapter 420

Chapter 420: Can You Stop Me?

In a pine forest on Mount Zhongyan.

An elder sat atop a stone. Facing the elder was a young monk with his robe slightly open, wearing a light blue monk’s cassock.

Standing beside the elder was a little girl. The little girl had twin braids and looked absolutely adorable, her water-like big eyes blinking as she stared at the young monk.

The little girl didn’t understand why this young monk appeared even younger than herself but was able to play chess with grandpa.

Not only that, but grandpa really liked playing chess with him, sometimes even losing to him.

However, this young monk had eaten so much he became quite chubby, his belly and round cheeks looking super cute. She wanted to pinch his cheeks so badly.

“Master, this is not right,” Miro picked up a black piece and placed it on the board, sighing.

Old Man Zhongyan took a white piece and placed it on the board, laughing while stroking his beard: “In this world, there’s nothing perfect. There’s always a trade-off.

Now we must sacrifice something.”

Miro shook his head: “But Master, your move will bring destruction, countless forests will lose their lives because of your decision.”

Zhongyan Elder chuckled: “Miro, you’ve lived for so long, tell me, when has this world ever not been in chaos? Those who die now are for fewer deaths in the future.”

Miro looked at the elder: “Perhaps those people didn’t have to die.”

“It’s perhaps they didn’t have to die, but you said it yourself, it’s just perhaps.”

The elder made another move.

“We must do what needs to be done. We are all pawns of heaven, if we want to play chess with heaven, we must sacrifice some pieces.”

“Cough… cough…”

The elder coughed a few times, smiling at Miro.

“Miro, in ancient times, you killed many people. You said it was for the greater good, I didn’t understand then.

This time, I killed my own disciple, the Dragon King of the East Sea, and will kill tens of thousands of sea clans. You should understand.”

“Because I understand, I think this is wrong.” Miro shook his head, “After that incident, my heart has been tormented every day. Every day I ask myself if what I did back then was right or wrong.”

The elder smiled: “But Miro, how do we know what’s right?”

Miro: “…”

“When have we ever not learned from our mistakes?” Old Man Zhongyan stood up.

The little girl with braids quickly went to support her grandpa as they slowly walked down the mountain. A voice came from behind the elder:

“Miro, we don’t have much time left. This world doesn’t have much time either.”

“BOOM!”

A loud sound echoed across the four seas spanning millions of miles.

Everyone except cultivators of the uppermost realms spat out blood, some even fainted.

Xu Ming felt like his eardrums were about to burst, his vision blurred, and his head spun.

At the same moment, all the dragons in the four seas sensed something, their hearts trembling.

The magic arrays in the four royal palaces activated simultaneously, blocking the shockwave.

Hundred-meter-high waves surged, crashing against islands.

Some smaller islands were completely destroyed by the waves.

Within less than half an incense stick’s time, countless islanders died tragically, and untold sea creatures perished.

Both land and sea in the four seas were filled with cries of agony.

When Xu Ming regained consciousness, he saw a graceful figure in a long skirt standing before him. The Dragon Empress blocked Xu Ming, shielding him from the next wave of impact.

Xu Ming looked toward Long Wang Teng, who had already shattered into fragments floating in the air.

Due to the shattering of the divine weapon, a massive shockwave formed a void where Long Wang Teng once stood.

If it were just any ordinary divine weapon breaking, one would feel regretful at most.

But the shattering of Long Wang Teng had far-reaching consequences.

Xu Ming didn’t know that in each of the four seas, there was an extremely deep abyss.

In these abysses, monsters opened their crimson eyes.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

The sounds of chains struggling could be heard clearly by Xu Ming.

Xu Ming looked around but saw nothing.

“Don’t wander off, wait here for me.”

The Dragon Empress transformed into a giant dragon and flew toward the North Sea Abyss.

In less than ten breaths, she arrived above the North Sea Abyss.

Monsters emerged from the North Sea Abyss.

These monsters attacked any living thing they saw, biting and tearing them apart.

Red blood spread endlessly through the seawater.

“Hey, isn’t that a beautiful young lady?” A man’s voice came from the abyss. “Who is Rokuso to you?”

“My great-grandfather,” the Dragon Empress replied.

“No wonder,” the man chuckled a few times, “You smell just like him. Who would’ve thought that ugly guy could have such a beautiful descendant.”

The Dragon Empress remained silent, calmly looking at the abyss.

“What happened to Long Wang Teng?” the man continued.

The Dragon Empress responded calmly: “Gone.”

“Gone?” The man paused, then laughed loudly, “Hahaha, you four seas! I told your great-grandfather years ago, the four seas are like four hearts. Each heart thinks its own thoughts, and Long Wang Teng would eventually fall because of you four seas. Now my prediction has come true, hahaha!”

The man laughed for a long time, finally stopping, raising his head to look at the Dragon Empress: “Young lady, do you think you can stop me?”

“Are you overestimating yourself?” The Dragon Empress tilted her head.

“Then let’s see!”

The man bound by chains struggled fiercely, releasing a powerful aura from the abyss. All the monsters exploded into blood mists, which kept coalescing.

In the end, a man’s visage appeared before the Dragon Empress.

The man flexed his fists: “Even though it’s just Dharma Heaven and Earth Technique, the feeling outside is truly refreshing!”

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[Unknowingly, the year is almost over. Another year older, approaching thirty, and I feel like I haven’t accomplished anything.

There aren’t many days left this year. I hope it ends well, and I hope next year goes more smoothly.]